Twins Minor League Report (6/16): Miracle Win, Kernels Clinch

RED WINGS REPORT

Rochester 4, Scranton/Wilkes Barre 6

Box Score

Pat Dean has been tremendous for the Red Wings all season. However, on this night, he struggled. The left-hander gave up five runs on nine hits and a walk in five innings. Mark Hamburger came on and threw two scoreless innings. Ryan O’Rourke faced two batters. He struck out one, but the other homered. Cole Johnson made his AAA debut and recorded five outs, one on a strikeout.

Reynaldo Rodriguez led the offense. He went 2-3 with a walk and two RBI. Oswaldo Arcia went 1-3 with a walk and hit his first home run in the ninth inning. Ryan Wheeler added his third double.

CHATTANOOGA CHATTER

Chattanooga

Box Score

No Game Scheduled.

MIRACLE MATTERS

Ft. Myers 5, Daytona 4

Box Score

The Miracle were down 4-2 going into the bottom of the ninth. The first two batters got out. Then things got crazy. Tanner Vavra was hit by a pitch, Engelb Vielma got on because of an error, and Zach Granite walked to load the bases. Next, Alex Swim then walked in a run to cut the deficit to one. After a pitching change, Marcus Knecht came up and hit a slow roller back to the pitcher. However, the throw one-hopped the first baseman. Vielma scored the tying run, and on the bobble, Zach Granite continued around third base and raced in to score the winning run.

Swim went 2-4 with the walk and the seventh double of his season. He drove in two runs. Granite was 1-3 with two walks.

Ryan Eades got the call to start this game on the mound. He gave up three runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings. He didn’t walk any and struck out seven. Brian Gilbert went 1.2 scoreless out of the bullpen. Matt Summers gave up one run on two hits in the top of the ninth inning.

KERNELS NUGGETS

Cedar Rapids 2, Burlington 1

Box Score

The offense didn’t show up for most of this game, but Felix Jorge was terrific and the Cedar Rapids Kernels will be going to the playoffs for the third time in three seasons as a Twins affiliate.

Down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth, the Kernels loaded the bases on singles by JJ Fernandez, Brian Navarreto and a TJ White in between. With two outs, Tanner English walked to score the tying run. Next, Nick Gordon worked a walk to score the go-ahead run.

Felix Jorge was terrific. He went the first seven innings. He gave up just one run on three hits. He walked one and struck out five. Luke Bard came in and despite giving up three singles in the eighth, he did not allow a run. Once the team had the lead, Jake Mauer went to Trevor Hildenberger to close it out. Three batters later, Bard had improved to 4-0, Hildenberger had his seventh save, and Mauer had his third straight playoff berth with the Kernels.

TWINS DAILY PLAYERS OF THE DAY

Twins Daily Minor League Pitcher of the Day – Felix Jorge, Cedar Rapids

Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Day – Alex Swim, Ft. Myers Miracle

WEDNESDAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS

Scranton/Wilkes Barre @ Rochester (6:05 CST) – TBD

Jacksonville @ Chattanooga (6:15 CST) – LHP Brett Lee (vs Matt Tomshaw)

Daytona @ Ft. Myers (6:05 CST) – RHP Kohl Stewart

Burlington @ Cedar Rapids (6:35 CST) – RHP Dereck Rodriguez

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